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PORTABLE FENCE. No. 392,830. Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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UNITED STATES ATnNr "rarest ROBERT T. SMITH AND DANIEL F. SHIPLEY, OF WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,830, dated November 13, 1888.

Application filed September 15, 1888. Serial No. 185,400. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ROBERT T. SMITH and DANIEL F. SHIPLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Westminster, in the county of Carroll and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in portable fences; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the same, all as will be hereinafter fully described.

The annexed drawing, to which reference is made, fully illustrates our invention.

The figure representsaside View, partly sectional, of a fence showing our improvement.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawing, A A designate upper and lower horizontal rails, which are provided with perforations a. At each end they are secured to The center or space between the end posts is supported by one or more posts, Z), and braces d, preferably made of iron and of any suitable form.

B represents the vertical iron or wire pickets. These are formed at their upper portions with ofi'sets or shoulders c, and at their lower ends they are bent on an angle below the lower hori zontal rail aforesaid. These rails are formed in convenient lengths, and where their meeting ends connect one portion is placed upon the other in order to splice the rail, as shown in the drawing.

The vertical rods, in forming the fence, are passed downward through the perforations in the top rail and. continue to the bottom rail, where they are also passed through the perforations in said lower rail, and the extended ends thereof are bent, thereby preventing said rods from being drawn out. At the same time the offsets or shoulders serve as rests for the rods and prevent them from displacement. It will be seen that this vertical rod serves to splice or key the two panels to one another. To remove the rods from the rails, the lower ends of said rods must be first straightened, thus allowing them to be readily withdrawn.

\Ve do not confine ourselves to any particular posts for our fence, as the same can be ROBERT T. SMITH. DANIEL F. SHIPLEY.

Witnesses:

R. G. IYIATTHEWS, HUGO E.- FIDDIS. 

